I bolded the ones I think will probably change after the first couple updates. I believe those guys will prove something and get at least a 2 or 3 number increase to their rating. Obviously some of those will be removed pretty much the day the game comes out. Hopefully T.O. and Braylon both stick around and give us a boost to the overall score, too.

I, obviously being a homer, think we should be a little bit higher, but I do understand that everything that is happening right now is just hype, so we can't expect the ratings to be at the level we're all expecting. I'm just hoping the ratings jump a bit after the first few games, because damn this game gets annoying when your team has low ratings!

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I actually agree with most of those. I think you have bolded most of the appropriate question marks.

I might add Hauschka, he was pretty solid, and has a boot. He is an above average kicker in my view. McDonald also got the shaft, he is an excellent back up. He racked up 35 tackles last season playing part time on the inside, dude was stout and could get in the backfield. 72+.

CANHawk wrote:Yeah, those look pretty much like I thought they would. Which is to say they're shite! Should be fun to see the numbers jump after the first few games. Nice to see MRob and Clem get the love though.

Reminder to self; Don't start franchise mode until after the ratings have been adjusted.

Cant you manually change ratings to be more appropriate, then start a franchise?

CANHawk wrote:Yeah, those look pretty much like I thought they would. Which is to say they're shite! Should be fun to see the numbers jump after the first few games. Nice to see MRob and Clem get the love though.

Reminder to self; Don't start franchise mode until after the ratings have been adjusted.

Cant you manually change ratings to be more appropriate, then start a franchise?

Yeah, but I'm a super homer with no self control. Last time I tried that, I wound up with BMW having a 97.

PS: in before being moved to Fantasy Island. *woot woot!*

This poster officially refuses to recognize SacHawk2.0 as a moderator or authority figure of any description.

Man the Hawks got pooed on again at certain spots, I know Zach Miller wasn't flashy last year, but a 79?....lol, still won't stop me from dominating with them. And one question, how is Winston Guy rated higher than Bobby Wagner?

Overall though, nothing too egregious rating wise. Though I do believe that Matt Flynn only has 82 throw power, they could have bumped him up to 85 or 86.

Tjack was so incredibly hard to play with last year that it made me not enjoy playing with them. Hopefully Flynn doesn't throw it 15 feet over the head of the TE every third throw like Tarvaris. I get that the want to add some realism so you don't go 45/45 every game, but it was pretty outrageous lol

Browner having more interceptions is purely the reason he's rated higher than Sherman, so hopefully within a few roster updates the team looks better. Not shocking about any ratings though, Seahawks generally don't get madden love.

Also Miller falling to a 79 is a joke. He didn't suddenly drop 10+ madden points in talent over a season, he just wasn't used like he was in Oakland.

Played the demo last night. The new physics are great, but what's with the rb holding the ball out in the air all the time.also on almost every tackle it looks like someone is gonna get injured!the punt n kick returns seemed more realistic too. And the new unis looked great. I also liked when a reciever is open he looks back at the qb, that was pretty cool.

Gotta say, Bobby Wagner may be a 69 overall, but he was all over the field for when I played the demo earlier today, heck he had 8 tackles, 3 of which were on RGIII when he was trying to scramble. It also doesn't hurt that he has 89 speed either, which is extremely good for a linebacker in Madden.

Also in years past I have really looked for QBs that were more accuracy type QBs and didn't have a tone of arm strength and could comfortbaly make all the throws I needed to make. However, one thing I noticed in the demo was that trying to throw a seem route either down the middle of the field or down the sideline was much more of a challenge with Flynn (82 throw power) that it was with TJack and Russell (94 and 91 throw power respectively).

I like to run the 3-4 D in Madden so I am definitely gonna put Irvin in as a OLB, help get the edge rush going. Also if I do decide to put my OLB's in zones they usually only consist of zones that cover the flats so Irvin wouldn't be that be of a problem in coverage.

Also, why does Sherman only have 75 press? I mean he is a press corner for a reason, should be at least 80.

I really hope they update these before the release. I mean, honestly, they have to, because so many of the guys are going to be cut or just higher rated based on preseason results, right? I don't remember if they update based on preseason or if it will take a week/two in the regular season.

They usually update the roster after the last preseason game, but they don't make any huge changes. They tend to do position changes, numbers, cut players, add players and maybe a few rating adjustments.

Haven't had a problem with Jones, sounds like were having opposite problems. Yea, browner n earl have been getting a pick each every game, but so has dante hall when I go to rice. Definitely like using Wilson over flynn tho so far.